Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit cover

Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit

by John V. Petrocelli

John Petrocelli, Professor for Psychology at Wake Forest University, builds a structured framework for understanding what bullshit (as a technical term, the sustained representation of ideas with blatant disregard to their veracity) is, how to identify it, what it takes to build resistance, and why there should be sustained effort to condition people to call out bullshit and advocate scientific and critical thinking instead.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?